Cubebrush Tutorials: Sculpting Human Bodies in ZBrush

Learn how to sculpt anatomically correct characters in ZBrush with these Cubebrush tutorials.

3D Character Art - Basic to Intermediate

If you're looking for a full course covering character production from ZBrush basics to elaborate armor modeling and posing, Mauricio García's pack looks like a smart choice. 3D CHARACTER ART - Basic to Intermediate will teach you exactly that, and there's no need to have drawing skills or prior knowledge. If you are a fan of DC and WoW characters, there's an extra reason for you to study Mauricio's tutorials, because you'll be able to work on Batman, Hulk, and Sylvanas. To start the course, you only need ZBrush and a drawing tablet.

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Topics included:

ZBrush basics
Body Anatomy
Head Anatomy
Hands & Feet Batman
Male/Female Character
Texturing
Pose & Render
Armor
and more

The course currently comes at a good price with 70% off.

Sylvanas Vol.1-4

Not sure about the full course but would like to give it a try? You can purchase one of the modules covering the production of Sylvanas separately. There are 4 volumes that cover different topics in case you are interested in something particular. The price is more than reasonable, especially with another 70% discount - around $6 per volume.

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Female Character Creation in ZBrush

Here's another tutorial covering the full character production by Nexttut Education. The final goal of the tutorial is to teach you how to work on body anatomy, face, hair, clothes, and accessories in ZBrush. This course will probably better suit artists with prior ZBrush knowledge.

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Topics included:

Sculpting the female head
Sculpting the female body
Refining the head and body with skin detail
Making clothes and belts
Making a sword and dagger
Making the hair with fibermesh
Making the eyelashes with tubes
Polypaint the character
Posing the character
Rendering the character with passes
Composing a final render in Photoshop

As you might have realized, this particular course focuses on female anatomy. If you want to study male character production, there's a similar tutorial from Nexttut: Male Character Creation in ZBrush.

Sculpting Hands in ZBrush

Each part of a human body is an intricate system and requires a sufficient amount of practice to recreate it in 3D, and it's quite reasonable to study each part of anatomy separately. If your hands lack plausibility, here's a tutorial from Serge Astahov that teaches you how to sculpt realistic hands correctly.

The tutorial covers basic modeling with ZModeler and necessary anatomical knowledge like proportions, bones, muscles, and tendons. Note: basic knowledge of ZBrush is needed.

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